Distance of Time and Place do really cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking Leave of our Friends resembles taking Leave of the World, concerning which it hath been often said, that it is not Death but Dying which is terrible.

Success is a fruit of slow growth.

Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

To the generality of men you cannot give a stronger hint for them to impose upon you than by imposing upon yourself.

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.